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Smokanabeach
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Need help identifing this mark

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Hello everybody!

I did not succeed in finding where this tea service comes from. The "800" in a kind of diamond maked me think it can be italian but...

That's why, again, I need your help!

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Please find below the link for the hallmark in order to zoom ;-)

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Thanks

Don Smoka
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One more thing: hallmark in the middle looks like a crowned lion...
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Hi Don Smoka,

I'm finding the marks too difficult to interpret due to their diminutive dimensions...but looking at their position, plus shape and decoration of the set itself, speaks volumes as to its origin. Everything about it shouts Italy to me. Wait and see what Amena has to say...

Cheers,
Steve
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Hi Steve and thanks for answering!

I'll try to take better pics this evening.

Best regards,

Don
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Hi again!

As announced, 2 other pics which will be helpful!

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Bellow a ling to download the picture in order to zoom it:

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Searching before posting them, I can confirm you're right Steve, it is Italian: St MArk Lion, Venice! Then I don't know about the makers' mark... Someone could?

Best regards,

Don
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Hi Don,

Have a look at this previous post on the St Marco Lion. It goes somewhat off topic regarding registration numbers but you will find an interesting post from Amena showing that the St Marco Lion was also used in Bologna by one manufacturer.

http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic ... n&start=20

In saying that, I think it is probably considered mainly a Venetian emblem and so a good starting point to investigate for you maker.

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can help further.

Cheers,
Steve
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Hi Steve,

Thanks again for your help!

About Bologna's hallmark, it is also the St Marco lion but looking to the right not as St Marco lion from Venice looking to the left

Have a nice day! (Or evening for Australie)
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It is very likely that it is Italian, but I do not recognize the manufacturer nor even the city.
A better image of the oval mark in which it seems to read R and B could give some more indication.
Best
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Hi Amena and thank you for your answer!

I've taken a better picture of the silversmith's hallmark:

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If that could help finding the silversmith and period ;-)

Best regards,

Don
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Post by amena »

Hello Don
unfortunately I have no news for you.
Padua, Verona and Vicenza have a crusader shield as their emblem, so it is very likely that RB is a producer of the Veneto region. The service should be in the early 1900s, just before 1935, but I did not find anyone with these initials among the first members of the registries of these three cities.
I'm sorry
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Anyway.

Many thanks Amena for your help!
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